We're getting married! Thank you for the joy and support you bring to our lives. A formal invitation to our wedding will follow, but if you already know your plans, please RSVP in advance and let us know about any dietary restrictions or accessibility needs.
Schedule
Day
Before
the
Wedding
Welcome Dinner & Talent Show!
5:00 pm
Casual dinner, come and go as you please, perform in or watch the talent show! All are welcome to perform... a mini lecture, a song, a dance, a skit, a story, show and tell?! Please keep acts under 2 minutes. Kids' hour 6-7pm. More information to follow from our Talent Show Coordinators!
The ceremonial part! We're so glad to have you all with us, in spirit or in person--thank you for being part of our community! Cocktail attire and dancin' shoes!
Laguna Beach is a popular vacation destination, especially around Labor Day Weekend. We recommend booking lodging in advance. Below are some nearby options. There are also several more affordable spots inland, a 20-30 minute drive away. While Laguna is known for many luxury accommodations, easily found online, we attempted to list the most affordable options:
3-minute walk to the venue, and typically one of Laguna’s most affordable hotels. We had a room block here, but they are changing ownership. We may try to establish another room block once the new ownership is confirmed. For now, these rooms are still reservable individually. Free cancellation up to two weeks before the reservation, in case we are able to make a block with the new ownership.
Short
Term
Rentals
Laguna does not allow short-term rentals, so only a few airbnb/VRBOs are grandfathered in. The neighboring towns that do provide short-term rentals are about a 20-minute drive away.
About a 10-15 minute drive from the venue. Available through CA State Parks via rolling reservation starting 6 months prior to the day of reservation. These are one of the most affordable options in Laguna aside from camping (camp sites also reservable at the site) but they will go quick!
More to Come
Stay Tuned!
Talent Show
Reminder: Strict 2-minute time limit, but pretty much anything goes. Kids hour 6-7pm :)Our generous and illustrious talent show coordinators are Rachel Ford and Isabel Levey-Swain. Feel free to contact Rachel at [email protected] and/or Isabel at [email protected] with questions about your acts.
Registry
The theme of this wedding is supporting community, and as such we do not have any expectation of gifts. Your time and energy and expense in traveling to be with us is more than enough of a gift! In lieu of presents we ask that you contribute time or money to a local mutual aid organization. This could be a community garden, food pantry, shelter, any kind of network of providing support to our neighbors. Mutual aid networks can be found at https://www.mutualaidhub.org/ or by researching mutual aid efforts in your community. For those who would feel slighted by being denied the opportunity to provide a tangible gift, Matt has made a registry of physical objects we would be grateful to have. We love you and are grateful for you no matter what, please don't feel like you need to get a gift, and please find all the ways you can to hold your community close!
Heath Ceramics
I (Matt) used to work here making tile! While we've got a bunch of mismatched pieces, I wasn't ever able to afford a real set. We know it's fancy, and we'd be grateful for any small contribution to that dream.
The aspirational newly-wed registry! I figured this would be reasonable enough for Charlotte to allow me to use (still has that $15,000 Car Cooler I've been looking for) instead of Harrod's and Bergdorf Goodman that I wanted to use...